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E. F. PARKER.

Making Lanterns. No. 12,324. Patentedlan. 30, 1855.

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ELJAH F. PARKER, oF PirocronsvLLE, VERMONT.

, LANTERN-FRAME.

Speccation of Letters Patent No. 12,324, dated January 30, 1855.

T 0 all whom t may concern.'

' Be it known that I, ELIJAH F. PARKER, of Proctorsville, in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and us'eful Improvements in the Construction of Lantern-Frames; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of the same, in which- Figure 1, represents an elevation of a lantern, and Fig. 2, represents a horizontal section taken at the red line of Fig. l.

Similar letters inboth figures denote like parts.

An ordinary lantern being composed of many pieces, quite an expensive item in the construction of their frames arises from the soldering of the pieces or parts together, and any saving of soldering of course cheapens the article. A patent was granted to me on the 1st Feby 1853, for making the corners of lantern frames of one piece with the flanges for receiving the glass as a part of the corner. This saved soldering, while it made a stronger corner, and enabled me to make.

the article at a less price than heretofore.

The nature of my present improvement, aims at a still further saving of soldering while I make a firmer frame, and consists in passing the guard wires through suitable holes punched in the corners of the frame, as contradistinguished from solderingv them thereto, by which means I avoid soldering, while the guard wires at each point cannot by any means get loose, consequently making a better frame, and at a cheaper rate.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe t-he same with reference to the drawings.

A, represents the top, and B, the bottom part of the frame, which are united by the corner pieces C, which have suitable flanges D, struck up on said corners for receiving the glass E, or other translucent material to be set therein.

F, is the pyramidal top part of the lantern, and Gr, the handle-the whole representing a hand lantern; the method of securing the guard wires is equally applicable to any other kind of lantern large or small, whether for signal, or light house lanterns, or otherwise.

c, a, a, a, are the guard wires. To allow for a door on one of the sides, of course the guard wires cannot be in one entire piece. But when the inside of the lantern is arrived at through the top or bottom part, then the wires may be in one piece, and by passing vthem through the holes in the several corners or upright pieces' of the lantern frame, be secured at one point by one soldering. In the present drawing I have represented a door, and the main or principal guard wires have their ends fastened on the inside of the corner pieces next the door (as at b) This not only cheapens the construction by avoidrpointsof soldering are by my method dispensed with. This may appear small as compared with one frame. But where a days work consists of one hundred and fifty frames, and the mechanic is relieved of soldering twelve hundred different points or parts, each of which must be held until the solder hardens, it will be conceded to be a very materialitem. And in addition to this the fact of its making a stronger frame, puts v it beyond doubt, as to its utility.

H, Fig. 2, represents the lamp on the side of which next the doo-r, I arrange a match box I, for convenience in lighting the lantern'l c, c, c, &c. represents the holes through the corners in which the guard wires a, a, a, &c. are held. These wiresvare merely passed through the holes c, without soldering and their ends soldered at as above described, when a door is used at one of the sides. I

Besides itis quite difficult i thus more ei'ectually secure the Wires, While points may be dispensed With, and a stronger I save soldering, and get a stronger frame. frame Inside at less expense than heretofore, 10

Having thus fully describedhthe nature of as described. my invention what I claim t erein as new 5 and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- ELIJAH F PARKER' Passing the guard Wires of lantern frames Witnesses:

through suitable holes in the corners or up- S. C. SPAULDING,

rights, by Which means soldering ai: such Z. F. HYDE. 

